What happens
Lou Costello receives a telegram from his old grade school in Patterson, New Jersey, asking him to appear in its annual school play. Bud Abbott accompanies him on the trip, and the two find the school full of odd goings-on, with Costello eager to take the spotlight. Connie Haines sings during the broadcast. The series is Abbott and Costello, first aired on NBC and ABC on November 16, 1944, with Bud Abbott and Lou Costello in the leading roles, joined by Joe Kirk, Elvia Allman and Connie Haines.
Patterson, New Jersey, at Public School 15 and its surrounding area
Characters: Lou Costello, Bud Abbott, Miss Sashwaite, Professor Wallpaper, Sebastian, Millicent, Rodney, Professor Kitzel
Listen for: Costello's attempts to take over the school play and the mix-up over the Romeo and Juliet performance
Written from the episode itself; it never gives away the ending. Every recording is remastered for the stream: cleaned of rumble, hiss and mains hum (and the old TV whine where we found it), then levelled in two passes to steady broadcast loudness, so one show is never quieter than the next.